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[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]. ,.6 Dora's Revenger By JOHN R. GRAHAM, (Author of "Percy Dale's Redemption," "The Village Artist," "The Wrong Man," "Baby Harold," "The Fire of Suffering," "A Profitable Joke," "Bentley's Lost Love," etc., etc.). When Herbert Russell married Julia Wilkins, I he made the most fatal mistake in life a man can make-he married the wrong woman In those early days he was a lonely, strug- gling journalist, upon whom feminine sympathy acted like a charm. Julia Wilkins, the eldest daughter of a somewhat shady solicitor, was then in her twenty-eighth year, and seeing no better chance of gaining a husband than the one afforded her by Herbert Russell, she softened her naturally-bitter tongue to such good purpose, that the lover believed her to be a woman who would sympathise and help him in his daily struggles with the world. Five years later the knowledge that his wife was but a shrew and termagant had converted him into-a cynicl who saw no alleviation in life save that afforded by hard work. Even the little child, whose advent he had fondly hoped would soften the mothers tongue, proved but an additional bone of codfention. Above all things, his wife was of an exceed- ingly jealous nature, and the sight of the prett7 ebild with its arms around the father's neck roused but a storm of fierce invect've that the husband never forgot. The bitter tongue waa never still, and day by day Herbert Russell (now editor of the "Daily Sentinel") felt thank- ful that his work gave him temporary forgetful- ness of his lot, and left him but little time to spend among his uncongenial home surround- ings. One afternoon Herbert Russell was seated as usual behind the desk in his office. He had just finished writing a leader, and as he leaned back :n his swivel chair his thoughts were occupied with no less abstruse ideas than the congested state of the labour market. Before him rose the bright, intellectual fact, of Dora Milton, the only female journalist on his paper. Only six months had elapsed time the advent of this addition to the staff, but already the dark grey eyes beneath the level eyebrows haunted Russell's mind, and refused to be shut out from Ms* memory. She was so different from other women—in- tellectual, but not aggressive, womanly, and yet not silly. Ah! what a wife she would make for some fortunate fellow! At this thought Russell bent over his papers, and began to write fiercely;—Dora Miltoas fate could "be nothing to him. A knock at the door areused him, and with- out waiting for admission Dora Milton entered the office. The wind had brought an unusual colour to I her face, and in her grey tweed gown, and a I dark soft boa round her neck, the girl looko.-I strikingly pretty. She came up to the desk as if sure of wel- come reception^ and held out her gloved han i with an animated smile. "I have all kinds of adventures to relate," sho said, leaning her elbow on the ledge of the high desk, and speaking in a confidential tone, "What do you think I have been do in? this weeTf?'' "Nothing foolish, I hope," said Russell, fix- ing his eyes intently upon the bright, eager face that looked down upon him. "What vagary is it this time?" Dora Milton laughed, and laid her M.S.S. (n the desk." "No vagary," she said, saucily, "onlv an ad- venture in search of striking copy." She sat down in her usuaf chair, and nairpted some journalistic experiences in her own viva- cious manner. All the time, though Russell's eyes were fastened on her, and he occasionally threw in some interjection at the reqm-el mo- ment. Dora felt conscious that the editor was not listening to her story with his usual interest. "What is it?" she cried, abruptly, paw-nlr in the midst oilier narrative. "Am I boring you?" Boring him? The woman whom he had grown to love with all the passion of a strong, repressed nature, asking him if she bored him. Russell could have laughed at the absurd idea. "No," he said, forcing himself to speak in a commonplace tone. "Go on with your story." "But you are not well," said Dora anxiously, leaning forward to look at him more critically. "I shall go now, and tell you the rest next week." "I am quite well," said Russell, almost coldly. "I wish you to continue.' Whenever the editor addressed her in this autocratic tone, Dora Milton felt constrained to obey any order he might give. Though possessed of a firm disposition, the girl had recognised in Herbert Russell a will stronger than her own, and, fearing to excite his wrath, she hastily plunged again into her narra- tive. Looking upon Russell's unemotional face, the girl never guessed the fierceness of the tempta- tion that was assailing every fibre of his heart. Russell knew the lonely life Dora Milton lived in her rooms. Under the pretence of journalis- tic work why should he not ask her to accom- pany him some afternoon upon an expedition where they would be alone, away from the eyes of the world? He meant no harm, but the thought of having Dora to himself for a few short hours made him almost dizay with happi- ness and joy. Yes, the temptation of bringing a little brightness into his dark life was irre- sistible. He would leave her 'no option or choice—the means lay to his hand. As Dora finished her tale, the editor opened a, drawer and took out a ticket. "To-morrow morning I wish you to journey up the river to Maidstone in one of the new pleasure steamers recently launched. You will disembark and go to the Prince Albert Hotel, which has been built for the accommodation of the passengers. In the afternoon you will re- turn by the steamer, and I wish you to write about a column of matter, descriptive of the whole trip." "Very well," said the girl obediently, wonder- ing slightly why Russell should address her in that stern, imperious tone. "Is that the ticket?" She held out her hand and looked inquiringly at him. For a moment Herbert Russell hesitated. "Yes," he said, almost fiercely, handing her the ticket. "The steamer leaves the South Pier at eleven o'clock To-morrow morning." 1 As Dom Milton sat on the deck of the "Eas- tern Queen," the following morning, her brain was not altogether absorbed in journalistic ideas. Beneath a soft blue sky and bright sun- shine f h. steamer glided smoothly along, the even mo ::on lulling the girl into a kind of dreamy ;iVorption. Therr wore few passengers o nboard to at- tract her affention. Once or twice Dora glanced tract her affention. Once or twice Dora glanced curiouslv at a "tall woman with dark eyes and thin, crimson lips, who was accompanied by ai little brown-haired child of four. The woman, dressed in a plain, blaclh serge gown, sat look- ing at the sunny waters with a fierce frown on he1 face, as though her thoughts were engaged in a contemplation of some detested object. Suddenly, tie little child, attracted by Dora's smile, come shyly to her side and stroked the fur on the long brown cloak, which Dora had donned for extra warmth. As Dora bent down to kiss the little child the mother suddenly looked up, and in a sharn. imperative voice, called the little thing back to her side. Her tone was harsh and forbid- ding, and the child ran back with a frightened look on its face. "What a disagreeable woman," thought Dora, noting with anger the sharp tap on the child's shoulder. "Poor little mite, what a hard time she must have with such a jealous mother!" Soon her thoughts wandered off again to Herbert Russell. His keen, dark, Cynical face waa never long absent frcm her memory, and many times in the silence of the night, lying .g awake in the darkness, Dora Milton, with burn- ing blushes, had admitted to herself that sho loved Herbert Russell as she had never thought to love any man. With a deep sigh she gazed out on the sunlit river and reflected sorrowfully that she would never be any more to Russell than a mere jour- nalistic acquaintance. In all their talks Russell had spoken so cynically of marriage and women that Dora took it for granted that he despised sentiment and preferred wi unencumbered life. Well, she must be content. At this point of her meditations the steamer stepped at Maidstone, and Dora made her way ashore. As she walked along the little pier she not carelessly that the jealous mother and her child were evidently going further on, but not being particularly interested in the woman's doings, the remembrance of her imperious features soon faded from the girl's mind. Maidstone was a town never before visited by Dora, and she was quickly struck by the fine streets and magnificent biuldings, especially the Prince Albert Hotel, where she was to partake of lunch, according to Herbert Russell's instruc- tions. Entering beneath the wooden porch, she made her way into the black and white tiled passage, and, on her request for lunch, was conducted into an apparently deserted coffee- room. The girl's eyes were dazzled by the gud- den change from the bright sun to the some- what dark room, and for a moment she failed to see the figure of a man standing in one of the recesses of a side window. "So you have arrived at last!" said a familiar voice, whose unexpected tones made Dora start abruptly and pause in t-eh centre of the room. "Mr Russell! faltered the girl, for once in her life utterly taken aback by this unlooked- for meeting. "You here!" She felt a supreme anger with herself for blushing so deeply beneath Russell's gaze, and the fact that her heart was beating furiously and threatening to choke her with its quick uneven palpitations, made Tier voice collapse suddenly into a kind of hysterical murmur. "Yes," said- Russell, with a successful air of disembarrassment that restored some equani- mity to Dora's throbbing brain. "I ran dowr. here By train. I thought I should like a breath of fresh air, and I resolved to avail myself of this opportunity. Have you ordered lunch?" This commonplace question put Dora at her ease, and the usual frank.: vivacious expression came back to her face. The lunch was a merry meal, enlivened by Dora's bright wit and Russell's unexpected dis- play of real geniality. He bad resolved not t<ir-alarm the girf by any display of passion. Perhaps if he kept his feelings well under con- trol, he might induce her to accompany him another day on an expedition. He would be cautious, and then she would have no fear of him. After lunch, Russell eveinced a sudden desire to see the outskirts of the town. Together the two wended their way through a long street with its magnificent buildings, and after a time found themselves in a country lane that led through a miniature glen to the banks of the gleaming river. As they entered the narrow path running through the glen, a curious silence seemed sud- denly to spring upon the pair. In vain Dora reached her brain for some topic. Her tongue felt spell-bound, and without any reason her heart began to beat furiously against her side. "Let us sit down," said Russell, with a fierce abruptness, taking Dora's hand and leading her to a moss-covered trunk that lay a little out of the direct path. Save for the chirping of the birds, not a sound broke the stillness of the glen. Through the shade of the trees overhead a glimpse of blue sky could be faintly discerned, but the pair had lost all consciousness of their surround- tngs. All Russell's resolutions liad melted away, and he remembered only that he was with the woman he loved. Dora was trembling violently. She tried to speak, but the old feeling of suffocation came back to her throat, and almost against her own will she looked at Russell with a piteous glance in her humid eyes. The long-repressed passion burst forth. With an inarticulate cry, Russell threw his arms around her, and strained her so tightly to his breast that the girl was powerless to move. He rained down savage kisses upon her lips and her cheeks, until Dora, afraid of his fierce vehe- mence, hid her head against his shoulders, and implored him to release her. "I love you, Dora! I love you!" he repeated again and again, holding her from him a mo. ment in order that he may endeavour to read her heart through her eyes. "Say that you love me, Dora! I want to hear you swear it!" Even in the midst of her new joy, Dora was ,conscious of some disturbing element that alarmed her. This fierce, passionate man was so unlike the cynical Herbert Russell she had knowm, that the girl looked timidly at him, as though afraid of him in his new character. "I have frightened you," said Russell, recog- nising that Dora was not altogether at her ease with him. "But you must forgive me. dearest. God help me, I love you better than my own soul." His passionate words thrilled Dora's heart, and although Russell had released her, and was regarding her with a strange air of gloomy sad- ness, the girl threw her arms around his neck, and for the first time kissed him of her own accord. "And I love you, Herbert," she said, with a newborn sweetness, laying her cheek caressingly 1fg-ainst his. "I could not live without you now, darling." Herbert Russell shuddered violently. The girl's confiding trust made him feel a villain, and yet-yet he could not undeceiw her, and destroy his new-found happiness at one fell swoop. In another hour and a half it would be time to go back again to the world and his duties. Let him enjoy the present, with its sense of exquisite joy, and then to-morrow or the next day he would confess all. Dora was looking at him, her face irradiated I with joy. Good God! how could be ever en- lighten her as to his villainy? Was he to lose her at the very moment that she had confessed her love? No, no! he could not and would not blast their common joy and happiness. The time flew swiftly by, and still Herbert Russell and the woman he loved sat on the moss covered trunk. His arm was round her, her head lay on his shoulder, and for the first time Russell realised the joy of the man who has I I x iouna tne one and only love of his life. The sound of a steamer's whistle made the pair start. The boat had returned for the pas- sengers, and it was time to go. Already the blue sky had disappeared, and the shades of an autumn evening were begin- ning to gather. The glen seemed to grow dark all in a moment. "Kiss me once again," said Russell, taking Dora, with a strange solemnity, into his arms. "In another moment we shall be among strang- ers. Let me hear that my love has made you happy, dearest." The gTi-l pressed a long, fervent kiss upon his lips. Herbert, she said, her voice trembling with deep passion, "if I were to die to-night, remem- ber that the knowledge of your love has given me such joy that I can never sufficiently thank God for bestowing this happiness upon me." Again Russell shuddered at the thought that he was a husband and father who had deceived a loving, trusting woman. "Don t talk like that," he said quickly. "Be your own bright self, darling. Tease me or annoy me, as you have the art of doing—do anything rather than be thankful for my love." An hour later, Dora Milton, animated and vivacious, as Russell loved to see her, was lean- ing against the side of the steamer "Eastern Queen," her arm drawn fondly through that of the man who loved her. A dense fog had suddenly descended over the river, and the steamer forged slowly along, the harsh note of the foghorn booming at in- tervals upon the air. The dampness and cold had driven the few passengers below to the warmth and light of the saloon. Russell enveloped Dora still closer in the folds of the fur-trimmed cloak, and insis- ted on wrapping his own muffler round her neck. With a tender, protecting air, he drew her from the M<le of the boat and stationed her in a more sheltered position upon the leeward side of the cabin. A sudden, awful crash, which threw Dora into Russell's arms, a sound of rending of timbers, a frightful oscillation that made the steamer reel from stem to stern, a noise of shouting frcm the steamer's crew and cries of women below; and ere anyone could realise the catas- trophe, the gay, bright little pleasure steamer, "Eastern Queen," was foundering, from the effects of a terrible blow dealt by the huge bows of a mighty cargo vessel. Holding Dora tightly in his arms, Russell staggered blindly towards the light that swayed violently at the head of the saloon stairs. The noise of hurrying footsteps, the shrieks of fran- tic men and women and children as they fell headlong upon one another in their haste to gain the deck, the stentorian voice of the cap- tain calling upon his men to get out the boats, combined to create a terrible uproar. Lower and lower sank the steamer. The water rushed and swirled across the deck, and as Dora clung convulsiyely to Russell's arms, she realised that unless some speedy help came, there could be no escape from death. "Don't move," said Russell, disengaging him- self for a moment from Dora's hold, and wrap- ping the cloak tightly round her. "They are getting a boat out. Wait here for me. I must see if there is room for us." With trembling hands Dora clung to a wooden rail fastened to the side of the cabin. Russell had disappeared in the darkness, and was struggling in the midst of the frantic passen- gers to reach the boat that might save many from death. The faint lantern-light illumined the space hi front of the cabin. As one in a dream Dora recognised her fellow-passenger-the little brown-haired child—carried past her in the arms of a strong man. Even at that moment the girl felt thankful the child would be saved. Another instant, and she felt a desperate clutch at her throat. A terrified face, with dilated eyes, looked wildly at her, and a shak- ing hand fiercely gripped her arm. "Save me! Save me!" cried the woman,whom fear had utterly transformed from the jealous, imperious-looking inotJier, into a trembling. supplicating creature. "I cannot die-I am afraid!" Dora Milton had now, unconsciously, come face to face with the wife of the man she loved so dearly. "Your child is safe," said Dora, throwing a protecting arm around th& woman. "Don't be afraid, there will be room in the boat for you." The woman burst into a flood of hysterical tears, and clung convulsively to Dora. The next moment a shriek of joy rang from her lips "Herbert! Herbert!" she cried, stretching out her arms to an .approaching figure. "Come and save me!" At the sound of that cry, Russell stopped short, as one blinded with a sudden flash of lighting. The one boat was more than full, and he had come to tell Dora to trust herself to his arms. In his hand he carried a life-belt, and with that round Dora's form, and through his own powers of swimming, some slight chance from drowning might yet be afforded. But in that cry of despair, which thrilled through his every nerve, Russell had recognised the voice of his wife. One of the two only could he save. Whom should he leave—his hated wife or the woman he loved? In that dread moment duty and love fought for mastery like two fierce opposing spirits. An awful temptation sped through his brain. All the loathing and contempt for his wife, accu- mulated during the years of married life, urged him to leave her to her fate. Why should he neglect this unlooked-for chance? He had but to catch Dora in his arms and plunge with her ioto the river, and friendly hands would pick them up. And tben--Aeli- rious thought—he would be free, and love and happiness might yet be his. "Herbert!" again the cry reached his ear, and' the woman half staggered towards him. "Do you not know me? It is I—Julia, your wife!" "As she reached out her hands for help, Rus- sell reeled past her,and caught Dora in his arms. "Come," he said, fiercely, "I can save you. Trust yourself to me." The flickering light shone dimly on Dora a deadly pale face and quivering lips. "Your wife!" This fuint whisper reached his ears like a murmur of agony. The terrible truth had pierced the girl's heart with a physi- cal pain, and she swayed and reeled beneath the sudden blow. "Come," repeated Russell, roughly, "we have no time to lose. The steamer is sinking. Quick, quick!" The unhappy girl struggled tQ. extricate her- self from his embrace. "Leave me. Save your -wife," she gasped, hoarsely. "It is her rigki. She—she her voice died away in a rjoan. In the struggle her cloak had become un- fastened. A sudden gust of winJ extinguished the one ray of light, and in the daikness and the rocking of the boat Russell momentarily lost his hold of the girl. "Dora!" he shouted, through the noise and tumult. "Where are you? My darling, come to me!" His hands, groping the darkness, felt the soft touch cf a fur-bordered cloak, and he knew that once more he held Dora in his arms. Scarcely had he time to throw the life-belt over her shoulders, when the steamer gave one tremendous lurch. The next moment Russell was struggling in the water, holding in his arms the woman lie loved. A blow on his head from some floating wreck- age, a sense of choking and suffocation, a feel- ing that the dark waters were rapidly engulfing him, and for some time Russell remembered no more. He awoke to consciousness in the cabin of a steamer. A doctor's face was bending over him. "You have come round," said the doctor, gravely. "The boat picked you up as you went under. The blow has made you dizzy and faint, but you will soon be well." Russell's eyes asked the question which his tongue refused to utter. "Yes, she is saved also," said the doctor, cheerfully. "You would like to see her? I will bring her to you." In another instant he was back in the cabin. "There," he said, gently pushing before him a woman whose pale face looked wan and pinched with suffering. 'Now I can leave her to look after you." He went out, and closed the door behind him. The woman came forward. Russell's eyes were fixed in horrible dilation upon her face. He put out his hands as though to ward her off. "Dora!" he gasped, hoarsely. "Where is Dora?" The woman steadied herself by the wooden rail of the berth. Again came the piteous cry—"Dora! Why don't you come to me?" "She cannot—she is drowned," said the woman, in a voice of deep passion. "I am your wife, Julia. The woman you loved gave her life to save the wife you hated. That was her re- veng Are you sufficiently punished?" Herbert Russell made no answer-the shock had killed him. (The End).
---ALARMING FIRE IN THE RHONDDA.
ALARMING FIRE IN THE RHONDDA. LAMP-ROOM DESTROYED. About half-past 3 on Thursday morning a fire broke out in the lamp-room of the Pentre Col liery, the property of Cory Brothers, Cardiff, causing a good deal of damage to the building and destroying about 500 of the miners' lamps. The fire originated from a spark which fell from a workman's lamp, the floor being slightly moist in that part with very inflammable oil. The fire brigade arrived in ten minutes after the outbreak, and in a comparative short time exinguished the fire. The building is situated on the main roadside, and it, about 45 feet long. The hall above, known as Cory's Hall, was saved. About 700 men have been thrown out of work for the day. The inspector of police ani a staff of constables rendered valuable assistance. Unfortunately a young man named Jones, a joiner, residing at Ton, received a. nasty cut on the hand while assisting to put out the fire.
-------The Compensation Act.
The Compensation Act. The Workmen's Compensation Act appears to be opern ting satisfactorily at the Clydach Vale Collieries. The great bulk of the miners itre members of the Permanent Fund, and in- tend continuing their membership. The owners. however, severed their 'connection with the fund when the Workmen's Compensation Act came into force in July, and have joined the Eir.ployars' Liability Assurance Company, Limi- ted. We are informed that from 55 to 60 claims have already been paid, and some of the injured miners are now receiving Li per week compen- sation from the Cambrian Colliery Company. The average i mount of the claims now being paid to the disabled is about 15s per week. It is stated that there has been no difficulty in obtaining payments of claims, all the work in connection with which is practically done by the secretarYl Dr Morgan and Dr Washington David, medical practioners of the collieries, are also acting professionally as officew. for the assurance company, but occasionally a special medical gentleman pays visits to the district foi* them. A similar system is being adopted at the Naval Collieries, Penygraig, where about 1 500 miners are employed.
Startling Evidence.
Startling Evidence. It is generally accepted, if you want excite- ment go to the Metropolis.But interesting, and oftentimes exciting, events happen in the small towns, and the testimony of Mr and Mrs Wil- liam Smith, of 2, Arthur Place, Redcar, York- shire, furnishes a most striking example of what may occur to interfere with the even tenour of life. "My wife requests me to express thanks that Warner's Safe Cure was ever made known, said Mr Smith. "It save my life seven years ago, and I have tried a long time to get her to try this remedy, in which I finally succeeded. Before she commenced its use she could not get a cup of tea to her head; she was in such a nervous state, and suffered from neuralgia in an awful form. For days and weeks she was stricken down, with her head wrapped in flan- nels. For the last four years she could do very little in the house, being afraid that she would fall into the fire. She had kidney disease very badly, being able to pass only very little water, and often quite thick with brick-dust, j She cried out with pain, she dreaded both night and day. She had pains like a dagger in her back, her tongue was badly coated, and she had no appetite. She has been doctoring for years, but all to no use. She would have gone to her grave before now, if it had not been for Warner's Safe Cure. There is nothing in the world to equal it. She is 64 years of age, and lighthearted and cheerful now. I often thought she was going out of her head, but I thank God she is now in better health. We have no one to thank for it but God and Warner's Safe Cure. I have recommended it wherever I could. I am sure there is a cure for all suffering humanity, if they will only try it."
- ALLEGED THEFT Af CAERPHILLY.
ALLEGED THEFT Af CAERPHILLY. BROOCHES GIVEXTWAY WITH DOMESTIC SEtiVANT CHARGED. At i.h;: Caerphilly Pclicc Court on before Mr David Duvies (in the chaÍr), Maurice G. Evans and Mr Evan Owen^J Ann Edmunds, a domestic in service at. philly, was charged with stealing two b _I I and a pocketihandkerchief, the property J Sarah Williams, Castle View Stores, Cae; Mr Joseph Hy. Jones.solicitor. Cardiff-^ |j Prosecutrix said that on the 1st O^0^ formation was imparted to her by a end in consequence witness went down to ei Cottage, Caerphilly. On the road she defendant, to whom she said, "Let Oe .'1 brooch you had on to-day." She then j, defendant was wearing a brooch of ber< ness'). Defendant replied "I didn't kn°* jcurs." Witness missed the brooch 6 e j] the defendant had left her service on tbB '1 September. The brooch produced she as her property, and the value of it ø Another brooch, which was I)-o-iiieed,rbo as her property, and also a pocket haD^. produced. The value of the second br°°^ 2s ,and the handkerchief sixpence. P0^ time the defendant was in her service sbe j a watch and chain. Edmunds gave bet of her intention of leaving, and did so being there five months. 0 Cross-examined: She had not charfr f one else with stealing the watch and ('bo il did not tell anyone that she did not whether she had lost the brooch ;n or Penarth. She did not say to a to&J Brown, one of the brooches which J as hers had been sent for by her bus was sent for to give away with the fIJII sold. (Laughter).They had bad many somewhat similar for distribution with They were given away with twelve which would represent three shillings' soap. The defendant was wearing tbeA openingly when she saw her. She dello she bad levelled these charges against fendant on account of there being ^1 between them. The defendant had to search her box before she left, bo1 j did not do so. She had never girl until she saw her wt taring the bf0^! Mary Jones, a cashier in the employ Williams, proved seeing < he defendant the brooch. Inspector Roberts deposed that J produced were found in the defend*11 J and identified by Mrs Williams as being M perty. Defendant, when charged, found the brooch she was wearing ouip Williams door,and the handkerchief as her own. The defendant was perf^ did with him, and kept nothing back. Mr J. H. Jones submitted that th case, and the Bench being of this op^ missed it. J Extraordinary interest seemed to be j* the case, and the decision of the hailed with a torrent of applause.
INFORMATION FOØ EMIGRANTS.…
INFORMATION FOØ EMIGRANTS. y The October Circulars of the formation Office say there is an exc^ ing in the Colonies for men with a tal, who can take up land for dairying, or general farming. In 0^ J the North West of Canada, free b°. are given to settlers on simple °°n 1 f, lebidence and cultivation, the 1°° in the North West being open land* ^y" no clearing. Western Australia is *r of the Australasian Colonies whicli homesteads: the Free Homestead dates from 1893, and has lately been ø A 562 of such farms, of an average Sl acres, beside 54 homesteads leases, re^ nearly 72,000 acres, were taken up 'n JL the other Colonies land (mostly uncI t I- bj bought from 2s 6d an acre. Btlf { must remember that the conditions 0 Jr ii/il arc necessarily very different from have been accustomed to here, °° » should not buy or rent a farm ir.in''1- J arrival, but should work for 12 or IS with some Colonial farmer till they 1 quired experience of soil, climate, **jfr local conditions. If a man has family he could cultivate a ten-acre fruit-growing, without the expense 0 IC', outside labour. As regards Tnechsn Colonies are fairly well supplied j>j) in some of the larger towns as St- J"/4 Brunswick), Toronto, Adelaide, Sydney, the supply is more than Sl1 Western Australia there has been considerable demand for carpenters, 1,1 others on the construction of numer0^ ment Works, but as several of these j lately been completed, many hands toi discharged and have become available jC any demand that may arise elsewl5 Colony. In New Zealand there has of employment in the building. and most other trades, but the loca' and most other trades, but the local fJl men has been generally sufficient. to Colony and Natal the demand for tl" 0 small, and any demand is met by left the Transvaal, owing to the • sion which exists there. In many ever, of Australasian and South is a reasonable prospect of employ1116^ really competent mechanic, if he can .i keep himself for the first few weeks. 01 is looking out for wk; and he fltls ot ) much better opening for placing bis C than he would have here. In all tbe.1. thousands of miners are employed in gold, silver, lead, copper, tin, 1 and other minerals, and a skilled (J1 pretty certain of finding work, but 1° Jl dinary labourer there is little or 1,0 There is a demand for experienced on farms, orchards, and vineyards in i Queensland, Western Australia and ft land; in Canada the demand is o"r J. # year; in South Africa farm labourers j always natives or other coloured I There are plenty of navvies and gellefl,e ers in all the Colonies; and a navvy who emigrates, must take his chance f\ men, and in South Africa with colo11 | ers. Female domestic servants are » ted in Canada and Australasia, and eo- extent in South Africa; but shOP"'O! liners, dressmakers, and ladies' be greater difficulty in finding employne shopmen, and warehousemen, are war!lc eí emigrating to any Colony, unless J situations to go to. Professional niel1 JL the field for the most part fully occUpf will compete with those whose 1°c^ and influence is probably greater t own. The Circulars also point out ovI or assisted passages are now being g'v f grants, the rates of wages ruling in the. the cost of living, and other useful V'4 Any of our readers can obtain these c1 ø writing to the Emigrants I InformatlO 31, Broadway, Westminster, S.W.